Lewisham · SE13 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Lewisham fitters · Fixed written pricesLewisham SE13 is a regular stop on our Lewisham round. The market, the shopping centre and a cluster of new residential towers, so patio and decking cleaning here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £4.50, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Patio and decking cleaning in Lewisham SE13 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 3,987 households sit inside this SE13 patch, 75% of them flats, so we quote on access near Lewisham Market on the High Street rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Concrete, natural stone, softwood or composite, roughly the area, and whether there's an outside tap or the flat needs water carried up by bowser.
Step 2
Priced per square metre for the surface you have, with oiling, re-staining or a bowser water supply shown as separate lines rather than bundled in.
Step 3
Furniture and planters moved, deck board gaps cleared of leaf litter, and algae or lichen in shaded corners given a biocide soak before washing.
Step 4
Concrete at full strength; natural stone, softwood and composite all stepped down to protect the surface, using a wide fan nozzle on composite specifically.
Step 5
Softwood decking is left to dry before any oiling; drainage outlets on roof terraces are checked clear; furniture is put back once the surface is dry underfoot.
Why choose us
One technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell. Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE13 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SE13, often with surface conduit — where 32% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in SE13, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE13, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — measured on the walk in from Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete flag patio, per m² | £4.50 | By area | Manufactured concrete flags take a standard rotary surface cleaner at full pressure without any risk to the finish. |
| York stone or sandstone patio, per m² | £6.50 | By area | Natural stone is more porous and softer than concrete, so it's cleaned at a lower pressure with a specialist stone-safe cleaner rather than the standard detergent. |
| Softwood decking clean, per m² | £5 | By area | Softwood boards need the pressure kept low and the nozzle kept moving, since a static jet will fur the grain and shorten the board's life. |
| Composite decking clean, per m² | £5.50 | By area | Composite boards need a wide fan nozzle and a lower bar pressure than timber, since a narrow jet can strip the capping layer that gives composite its colour and grip. |
| Decking oiling or re-staining after cleaning, per m² | £4 | Added to visit | Softwood decking needs re-oiling once dry to stay weatherproof; this is priced as a separate pass because it can only start once the boards have fully dried out. |
| Roof terrace or balcony deck, per m² | £7 | By area | No mains tap on most roof terraces means water is carried up by bowser, and drainage outlets have to be checked and cleared as part of the visit, not just the deck surface. |
Concrete flag patio, per m²
£4.50 · By area
Manufactured concrete flags take a standard rotary surface cleaner at full pressure without any risk to the finish.
York stone or sandstone patio, per m²
£6.50 · By area
Natural stone is more porous and softer than concrete, so it's cleaned at a lower pressure with a specialist stone-safe cleaner rather than the standard detergent.
Softwood decking clean, per m²
£5 · By area
Softwood boards need the pressure kept low and the nozzle kept moving, since a static jet will fur the grain and shorten the board's life.
Composite decking clean, per m²
£5.50 · By area
Composite boards need a wide fan nozzle and a lower bar pressure than timber, since a narrow jet can strip the capping layer that gives composite its colour and grip.
Decking oiling or re-staining after cleaning, per m²
£4 · Added to visit
Softwood decking needs re-oiling once dry to stay weatherproof; this is priced as a separate pass because it can only start once the boards have fully dried out.
Roof terrace or balcony deck, per m²
£7 · By area
No mains tap on most roof terraces means water is carried up by bowser, and drainage outlets have to be checked and cleared as part of the visit, not just the deck surface.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; managing agents and landlords are invoiced plus VAT at 20%. Furniture moved off the patio or deck before cleaning and put back after, and clearing debris from drainage gaps between deck boards, are included. Where a bowser or extended hose run is needed for a flat with no outside tap, that's shown as its own line.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without disturbing loose flags.
The wider outdoor jet washing hub covering every hard surface we clean.
New garden furniture built and levelled on the patio or deck once it's clean.
Two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Cuttings, turf and soil taken to a licensed composting site rather than to landfill.
Working in Lewisham
Census 2021 puts Lewisham at 3,987 households with a median age of 35.3. The mainly Victorian stock is social-housing-led, which is why 25% houses and 75% flats need different handling in SE13.
33% of households rent privately and 32% own, which is why patio and decking cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SE13, often with surface conduit — where 32% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in SE13. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE13, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — measured on the walk in from Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Lewisham knows the pattern near Lewisham Market on the High Street: the market, the shopping centre and a cluster of new residential towers. We plan the SE13 visit around it. Lewisham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers. Nearest station is Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), and one technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Lewisham and what they live in decides how patio and decking cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Lewisham Central & Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,142
Residents
Lewisham Central & Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,987
Households
Median age 35.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
36.4%
Privately rented
32.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Lewisham Central & Park (E02007009) — the published geography that covers Lewisham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE13 district: 51.4596, -0.0097 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Lewisham, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. Surface material first — natural stone and composite decking cost more per square metre than concrete because both need a lower pressure that takes longer to cover the same area — then access, since a roof terrace with no outside tap needs water carried up rather than run from a hose on SE13 jobs — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Lewisham (SE13) addresses, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Lewisham most weeks on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on this side of Lewisham, with 33% of SE13 homes being privately rented.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on Lewisham bookings. With 75% of Lewisham homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Lewisham, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory — and 35% social-rented stock nearby, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with 3,987 households on this patch. Lewisham sits close to Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, so we can usually add a SE13 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice in this 75% flats neighbourhood.
Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers in this 75% flats neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lewisham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Lewisham bookings — and 32% owner-occupation locally, with 75% of homes here being flats.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean in this 75% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit. That paperwork is what most Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Lewisham, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Lewisham SE13 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
